The YucaTECH Peninsula. (Mexico on the Web).All regions in Mexico differ from each other, but some are profoundly different. And such is the case of the Yucatan Peninsula, one of the continent's newest territories, emerging from the sea roughly 60 million years ago as the result of a tremendous meteor meteor, appearance of a small particle flying through space that interacts with the earth's upper atmosphere. While still outside the atmosphere, the particle is known as a meteoroid. Countless meteoroids of varying sizes are moving about the solar system at any time. crash--check out the story and animation online: www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/asteroid_jello_0011 22.html. Politically, the territory is home to some of Mexico's youngest states: Yucatan, Quintana Roo Quintana Roo (kēntä`nä rō`ō), state (1990 pop. 493,277), 19,630 sq mi (50,842 sq km), SE Mexico, on the Caribbean. Chetumal is the capital. and Campeche. In the first installment of Mexico on the Web in 2002 we pay tribute to some of the region's most interesting websites. Cancun User's Guide www.cafecancun.com jules_siegel@hotmail.com ***** (Out of five *'s) Journalist and author Jules Siegel Jules Siegel (born October 21, 1935, New York City) is a writer and graphic designer whose work has appeared over the years in Playboy, Best American Short Stories, Library of America's Writing Los Angeles, and many other publications. has compiled almost everything you'd want to know about Cancun for this website. Tourists will enjoy the frank talk about beaches and nightlife night·life n. Social activities or entertainment available or pursued in the evening. nightlife Noun , while long-term visitors will find information available nowhere else, such as detailed descriptions of visits to local butchers, bookbinders and botanists This is a list of botanists who have articles, in alphabetical order by surname. See also the list of botanists by author abbreviation and . A
That said, it's a great guide for English speakers moving anywhere in Mexico. Bonuses to the site include a search engine and numerous essays that examine whether Cancun is or isn't just a "plastic" resort town, and how tourism officials have responded to smear campaigns from abroad. Haciendas Yucatecas www.yucatan.com.mx/especiales/haciendas webmaster@yucatan.com.mx **** This Spanish-language supplement of the Diario de Yucatan newspaper provides the inside scoop on more than 20 haciendas, the large rambling rambling Neurology Fragmented non-goal directed speech most often caused by acute organic brain disease. See Organic brain disease, Word salad. plantation manors that date back to the henequen henequen (hĕn`əkĭn): see sisal hemp. empire of the late 1800s. In a combination photo gallery and history lesson, the editors explain how henequen--an agave plant native to the region--was used to produce cord and string. Production eventually collapsed after the invention of plastic, and as a result many of these estates were abandoned. Today, the haciendas are being converted into hotels and museums. The site also includes an index of related news items and editorials. Kudos to the Diario de Yucatan for such an attractive presentation that makes history come alive. Bird Songs of the Yucatan Peninsula http://biology.queensu.cal~mennilld/Mexico.html mennilld@biology.queensu.ca *** Ron Mader is the author of the guidebook Mexico: Adventures in Nature and host of the popular website www.planeta.com, which features environmental news and travel information. Dan Mennill has prepared an extraordinary online guide to an array of common tropical bird songs from the region. A scientist himself, Mennill points out that the vocalizations of most resident birds have not been studied in detail. For students of ornithology ornithology Branch of zoology dealing with the study of birds. Early writings on birds were largely anecdotal (including folklore) or practical (e.g., treatises on falconry and game-bird management). and bird lovers in general, this is a wonderful site. But it does require that you have a MP3 player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. installed to listen to the bird songs. |
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